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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1995
Jean-Francois Ollivier, Merdrignac, FR;
Framatome Connectors International, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A connector (1) for connecting a substrate (2) with an electronic circuit to a printed circuit board (4) comprises a a housing (5) of insulating material with a zone (6) for receiving said substrate. A main surface of the substrate is provided with contact pads or the like arranged in a given grid pattern with a predetermined pitch in column and row directions and the substrate has side edges located at a predetermined location with respect to the contact pads and the printed circuit board has contact pads (3) arranged in the grid pattern. Through-holes (7) are provided in the zone in the grid pattern and contact members (8) are provided in at least a part of the through-holes. Further the connector comprises positioning means for locating the substrate with respect to the housing in such a manner that the through-holes of the housing are aligned with the contact pads of the substrate. These positioning means comprises a reference element (11) which can be positioned on the housing (5), the reference element having two reference edges (15, 16) adapted to cooperate with two side edges of the substrate (2), and a spring means (13) adapted to press the substrate with its side edges against the reference edges. The reference element and the housing are provided with cooperating coupling means (17-20) for accurately positioning the reference element with respect to the housing.